TOKYO, Nov. 22 Kyodo Japan can di...

TOKYO, Nov. 22 Kyodo

Japan can discuss with North Korea a reunion of the families of five abductees in informal talks, possibly later this month as a way of seeking a breakthrough in stalled talks in succession normalizing ties, a Tokyo spokesman told Kyodo freshs on Friday.

legate Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, known for his hard line upon North Korea, also warned Pyongyang to clear up global businesss about security around the Korean Peninsula or continue to face an economic crisis.

Abe also said that Japan will maintain an ongoing brew led by the Korean Peninsula manliness Development Organization (KEDO) aimed at helping Pyongyang with zeal supplies despite the U.S. intention to review it.

The interview was given at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's office building.

''Of course, we (Japan and North Korea) ne to communicate with each other,'' Abe said, referring to the necessity for a breakthrough in deadlocked negotiations in succession normalizing ties.

Japan and North Korea ''can make an occasion (separate from top negotiator-level talks for normalization) to discuss'' when and for what cause the relatives of the five abductees can advance from the North to Japan, he said.

Tokyo and Pyongyang resum top negotiator-level talks forward normalization last month after a two-year hiatus, moreover failed to promise to grasp the next round because of the disturbance over the abduction issue.

Abe said earlier it was North Korea that should act first to realize the family reunions Japan demands, a persuade Tokyo says would lead to resumption of the plenary session for normalization talks.

Pyongyang has refused to allow the five's relatives in North Korea to go on to Japan, saying Tokyo broke an agreement that the five's homecoming visit to Japan, which began onward Oct. 15, would last for up to sole two weeks.

on the contrary Abe's latest remarks reflect his belief that more diplomatic and informal efforts from the Japanese side will be necessary to deal with the issue.

''Diplomatic authorities must make efforts each day,'' the 48-year-old lawmaker of Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said.

Asked if the envisioned informal talks would be held in Beijing as rumored, Abe solitary said, ''We have various avenues to take.''

''North Korea could remain isolated from the international community unles it addresses (global) concerns'' about its weapons of mass destruction so as a nuclear arsenal and missiles as well as conventional weapons, Abe said.

''The occasion forward which it can do this will be the (bilateral) security talks'' with Japan, he said.

If Pyongyang chokes the door to the envisioned security talks, it could lead the North to remain isolated and fail to deal with the hard economic situation it faces, Abe said.

Japan and North Korea agreed in the October talks to retain the security talks this month however a date for them has notwithstanding to be set due to the protracted affray over the abduction issue, including a schedule for family reunions.

North Korea should explain its standpoint onward the nuclear weapons program in connection with the KEDO cast in the security talks with Japan, Abe said.

''The KEDO framework stands in succession a promise for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. on the other hand North Korea said it has breached it,'' the lawmaker said.

Things will inevitably hit a snag unles Pyongyang convinces the relevant parties that it will prove to create a peninsula emancipated of nuclear weapons, he said.

in succession the abduction cases, Abe said they constitute ''an incident we have not experienced before'' in that a foreign state was involved in them and granted that it was involved.

''To deal with it, the restraint needed to show its intention to help the victims'' on compiling a bill to help them, he said, referring to an envisioned package of measures for those abductees and their relatives who recur to live in Japan.

The management and the LDP-led ruling coalition are drafting the bill, which features financial aid for the returnee and their kin, and help with accommodation, education and job-hunting.

Abe said the assistance is aimed at helping the abductees and their relatives until they can take care of themselves in Japanese society, and said the regulation at this point is not considering providing something more as compensation to them. He said it is a topic of consideration in the future

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